After Sen. Rand Paul made an offensive (and unfunny) joke involving the word "gay," Tony Perkins (of the Family Research Council) criticized him:

I don’t think it's something we should joke about. We are talking about individuals who feel very strongly one way or the other, and I think we should be civil, respectful, allowing all sides to have the debate.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has added several antigay
organizations to its list of hate groups, citing their "demonizing propaganda"
and "propagation of known falsehoods." SPLC Intelligence Project director Mark
Potok (whom Amy Frykholm interviewed for the Century a while back) and president Richard Cohen d

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